[The prosecution alleged at Preston Crown Court
that
Charlene Downes, 14,
was killed by Iyad Albattikhi, 29,
owner of a food shop in Blackpool,
who had sex with her.
Charlene was one of a number of young girls
who visited an alleyway in the town to
have sex with older men who worked
in the fast food shops, Tim Holroyde QC,
prosecuting, told the jury.
Charlene, from Blackpool,
was "well and happy",
the court heard,
but had a "chaotic" home life.
Expelled from school,
she spent her time hanging around
shops on the Blackpool Promenade.
She was last seen on the evening
of Saturday Nov 1 2003.
After kissing her mother goodbye
she left alone - and vanished,
Mr Holroyde said.
A missing persons inquiry began
but police later launched a murder
investigation after receiving
information that Charlene had been
"killed and chopped up", the court heard.
No trace of Charlene's body has ever been found.
Mr Holroyde told the jury that a witness
had heard Albattikhi and others talking about her.
"These people were talking about sex with
white girls, and there was mention of having sex
with Charlene," he said.
"Albattikhi laughed and said she was
very small - the plainest possible
indication that he was lying to the police
when he said he did not know her.
He and others present then laughingly said
that Charlene had gone into the kebabs."
Albattikhi, a Jordanian immigrant,
is charged with murder.
His business partner and landlord,
Mohammed Reveshi, 50, is accused of
helping dispose of the body.
Both deny the charges and
have told police they did not know Charlene.]
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...nto-kebab.html
This is shocking